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C. G. LEVISON.

FLY BOOK.

No. 337,593. Patented Mar. 9, 1886.

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Iltis 'rates OHANOELLOR G. LEVISON, OF BROOKLYN, NEV YORK, ASSIGNOR TOTHOMAS B. MILLS, OF SAME PLACE.

FLY-BOOK.

@PECITFICATON forming part of Letters Patent No. 337,593, dated March 9,1886.

Application lcd June 1S, 1884. Serial No. 135,947.

To zZZ whom it may conceiva- Be it known that I, CHANCELLOR G. LEVI-sos, ot the city ot' Brooklyn. in the county ot' Kings and State ot' NewYork, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fly-Books, of whichthe following is a specitication.

My invent-ion relates to ily-hooks for holding what are known asdropper-llies.

Dropper-dies are often provided with aknot, instead of a loop. at theend of the snell. and such knotted snells are preferable, as they aremore easy of attachment to and detachment from the leader otI theiisl'lingline, and enable a less conspicuous fastening to he made. Theknotted snells are not, however, so much used as they otherwise wouldbe, owing to the dii-liculty ot' holding the knotted snells extended ina liy-hook; and the object of my invention is to provide a ily-hookhaving provision l'or holding` the knotted snells more securely thanheretofore.

The invention consists in the combination, with the leal' ot'a fly-book,of' two hooks. with one of which a fly-hook may be engaged, and theother of which is notched to receive and hold the knotted end ot' thesnell, one ot" said hooks heilig attached to the lent' at one endthereof, Iand a spring-retainer with which the other hook is connected,and which is attached to the leai' at the other end, the spring-retainerserving to hold the snell under tension, or taut, Wdh its knotted end insecure engagement with the notched hook. The notch in the hook beinga1.)proXimately Vshaped, the snell will draw into the bottoni ofthenotch, through which the knot at the end of the snell cannot pass.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a ily-book embodyingmy invention. Figs. 2 and 3 are respectively a perspective view and asectional View, both upon an enlarged scale, of a book having a singlenotch and a knotted snell secured therein; and Fig. 4 is a perspectiveview ot' a hook or hooked strip provided with numerous notches.

Similar letters ot' reference. designate corresponding parts in all theignres.

A designates the leaf ot' the ily-book, at the lower end or bottoni ofwhich are a number of springretainers, B. As here shown, such (Nomodel.)

retainer B consists of spirally-coiled wire, one end of which isattached at c to the book, and the other end ot' which formsa straightprolongation, a', fitting and received through a,

guide, a2, and provided at the end with a hook, a3.

C designates the ily-hooks, and C' the snells thereof', which at theends opposite the hooks C are knotted, as shown at c.

In order to properly secure and retain the knotted snells O c, I providehooks D, which have in their beaks notches d. These notches are Vshaped,as shown most clearly in the en larged views, Figs. 2 and 3, and whenthe knotted ends ofthe snells C are engaged with them the snells drawdown into the bottoms or points of the notches. and the knots c cannotthen draw hrongh the notches.

rIhe fly-hooks C may be engaged Wit-h the hooks a of thespring-retainers B; or, it desired, a notched hook, D, may be secured onthe hook a ot' the retainer, and the tly-hook C may he held by a hook atthe top ol' the book. Both arrangements are shown in the drawings. Whenthe notched hook D is attached-to the retainer, the hook with Which theflybook O is engaged need not be a notched hook.

In lieu ot' employing separate hooks D, each provided with a singlenotch, d, and sepa'- rately secured to the leaf by a rivet insertedthrough an eye, e, on the hook, I may employ a broad hook or hooked bar,D', in which are a number ol' notches, d. as shown in Fig. 4. This broadhookor hooked bar may be provided with holes e', through which rivetsmay be inserted for securing it to the leaf of the book.

It will be observed that the sprngretainers adapt themselves readily tovariations in the length ot' snells, and to remove a snell and hook fromthe book itis *only necessary to slightly extend the spring-retainer inorder to free the knotted end ot' the snell from the notched hook D.

I am aware that hangers for carriage-whips have been made in the l'ortnot' a hook with a V-shaped notch for engagement with the'knotted end ofthe whip-tip; but no retainer or securing device for the other end ot'the whip is necessary, because the weightofthe butt of the whip issufficient to hold it tant and straight. Y

I ain also aware that violins have been provided with a taiLpiecchaving` slits or notches with which a knot at one end of a string` maybe engaged, the other end ot' the stringr beine passed around a peg inthe ordinary way, and the said string being tightened by turning thepeg.

I do not claim either of the constructions What I cla-im as myinvention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent. is-

The combination` with the leat'A ot a flybook, ot' two hooks, with oneot' which a iiyhook may be engaged, and the other of' which, D, isprovided with a V-shaped notch, d, to receive and hold the knotted endof a snell,

`one of said hooks beineT attached to the leaf at one end thereof, and aspring-retainer, B, with which the other hook is connected, and which isattached to the leaf' at the other end, the spring-retainer serving` tohold the snell under tension, with its knotted end in secure engagementwit-h the notched hook, substan- 35 tially as herein described.

CHANCELLOR G. LEVISON.

Witnesses:

Fannie HAYNEs, EMIL SCi-IWA RTZ.

